Azmat Ali Bangash, 34, reporter working for Pakistan Television (PTV), Samaa TV and Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency, was killed, alongwith 41 other people when two suicide bombers blew themselves up amidst a crowd of displaced persons collecting relief supplies in Kohat district of province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, April 17, 2010. According to […]
QUETTA: At least 11 people, a cameraman of a private TV channel and four police officers among them, were killed and over 40 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a hospital here on Friday. A member of the National Assembly, Syed Nasir Ali Shah of the PPP, his son, five TV […]
By Hasbanullah Khan KHAR: A journalist, belonging to a local tribe, and his sister were injured on Wednesday when unidentified militants made a failed attempt to kidnap him from his home in Khar, the injured man’s family told Daily Times. Muhammad Imran Khan — a correspondent for a private news agency in Khar — and […]
TANK: Unknown miscreants blasted CD shop late last night in city area, however, no loss to life reported, local police said. FIR lodged by shop owner, Abdur Razaq with Cantt police station says, unknown miscreants planted explosive material near his CD shop, which went off with a bang leaving the shutter of the shop slightly […]
KARACHI: A staffer of Dawn newspaper was detained by Rangers officials for trying to take a photograph of punishment meted out to three children outside the Rangers Headquarters on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road here on Sunday evening. Sub-editor Syed Hassan Ali Shah was heading to work when he saw three young boys aged between eight […]
LAHORE: A test report about tetra pack milk samples prepared by a German laboratory has been submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC), however, on the request of private milk manufacturing companies the court has barred the media from reporting the contents of the report. The counsel for milk manufacturers said if the contents of […]
By Salman Aslam LAHORE: The Jinnah Hospital tuned into a battlefield when dozens of doctors and paramedics attacked cameramen and journalists covering a protest staged by a family over the death of their patient. The most unfortunate part of the whole episode was that Prof Dr Javed Akram, Principal Allama Iqbal Medical College/ Jinnah Hospital, […]
ISLAMABAD: Three staffers of DawnNews suffered minor injuries when an angry mob attacked the television channel’s DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) vehicle during violence here on Friday. Mohammad Akhtar, the DSNG operator, was injured when the protesters smashed the window panes of the vehicle at Faizabad while the news team was covering the agitation on […]
LAHORE: A senior editor of The News was insulted and threatened by an official of the Intelligence Bureau in Lahore for participation in a discussion on the Indo-Pak relations held at a Lahore hotel on Feb 27. The IB official first “intercepted” the journalist in the parking lot of the hotel and asked him whom […]
By: Shahid Rao RAWALPINDI — Media men on Sunday took out a protest rally on the Benazir Bhutto Road (BBR) against the City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan for implicating journalists in false cases in a bid to provide cover to his official negligence. Media men also demanded of Chief Minister (CM) Punjab […]
LAHORE: Need for dispensing with the culture of official secrecy and an effective and comprehensive legislation on access to information was stressed at a ‘Policy Dialogue on Freedom of Information’ here on Sunday. Those who participated in the dialogue arranged by Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, included Dr Rene Klaff, Regional Director, Friedrich Nauman […]
HYDERABAD: The office-bearers of various press clubs and Union of Journalists have resolved to continue to boycott the coverage of Sindh National Front (SNF) following an attack on Muhammad Husain Khan, a staff-correspondent of an English newspaper at Hyderabad. In this connection a joint statement was issued by journalists including Imtiaz Faran, President and A […]
By Gibran Ashraf The right of holding a public congregation or public assembly are considered to be one of the basic human rights in a democracy. However, in light of recent incidents in Karachi when rallies have been a prime target for acts of terrorism, the concession of this right needs a review. Last week, […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers on Wednesday manhandled journalists and snatched their cellphones before a press conference by MNA Hanif Abbasi at his office here on the Benazir Bhutto Road. Mr Abbasi had invited journalists to his office at 3:30pm but when they reached the venue, they saw PML-N supporters occupying all the front […]
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